The problem, she pointed out, is that a virus like COVID-19 can "quickly overwhelm that last 15%"
We are not overwhelmed.
But we could be.
Hospitals are pretty much at average capacity.
But that could change.
Everything is fine.
But disaster looms.
“Capacity” is not just bed count, but staffing availability, also.
National bed numbers are irrelevant. No one is going to transfer someone from SoCal to Montana to find a bed. That is not how it works.
That said, the shortages are limited to isolated places in the country.
Here on the East Coast (MA) I know that one hospital in town has ample bed space and ICU space. The other hospital is getting tight in the ICU—but that there is still plenty of room in other Intensive Care Units that could be converted in a matter of hours.
Both hospitals are under a watch to stop elective inpatient surgery (knee replacements, hip replacements, etc) but elective outpatient work is still being scheduled.
The capacity issues are reflective of a “little higher than normal” flu season.
The morgues have one—maybe two bodies in each. This is “seasonally normal.”
I listen to the bed calls every morning over my wife’s shoulder. There is nowhere near the “angst” in the voices that I heard last April.
Right now the big focus is on vaccine distribution—which starts Tuesday in most of her hospitals (5 of them in the region.)
Physicians and surgeons, if they were allowed
to run hospitals (as opposed to CCP, DNC, and F)
would deliver fast good care. and Truth.
BUT thanks to Romney and Obama,
it is gone ..... forever.
Once again its all Bullsh##
A member of our church’s 89-year old mother-in-law died a couple of days ago in the hospital. She had all kinds of other problems. They found the C-19 crap in a test, THUS she died of Covid 19, not the many other issues that had the poor soul down. But, she is with the LORD now and in a much better place than this wicked world.
Perhaps the impression is that normally these beds are sitting around empty, collecting dust. Certainly the MSM would like to reinforce that notion. That makes their exaggerated and spun numbers seem all the more dire.
Yet in less than 2 minutes I was able to find a National Institute of Health study that reads:
...data has also shown that between 2000 and 2005, national ICU occupancy rates ranged from 65% and 68% (1). In 2010, the average national ICU occupancy rate was 66%...
So yes, ICUs running in the 70% capacity range is a bump up. But if you compare this to normal occupancy rates it is just a few percentage points increase. This makes sense. ICU beds are expensive. Certainly expensive to stay in, but simply creating and maintaining them is an expensive proposition. A medical facility is not going create dozens of beds/bays if they are going to stand empty most of the time. They do capacity/use planning.
The numbers tell me we (as a Country) could typically add that delta over and above normal rates twice more. In other words we could triple the effect of the pandemic and not run out of beds - on average. Sure, there are going to be hot spots that do (or have) run at 100%.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXgaG5bgNdE&feature=emb_logo
Houston doctors press conference on treatment of Covid BEFORE it becomes serious. Why isn’t this more prelavent? People are dying needlessly.
There'd be a Covid-19 crisis if there actually was a crisis!
It's the same old BS from these people. The sky's gonna fall. Might. Maybe. Possibly. Probably.
The corona virus "pandemic" is the medical version of climate change.
The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the socialist revolution.
Total deaths from ALL causes this year will be much the same as the total deaths from ALL causes in previous years.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3909868/posts
Nationwide capacity doesn’t mean much if your local hospitals are full or near capacity.
Meanwhile, another Northeast Ohio hospital is making changes as patient beds become even more scarce.
“We’re pretty much maxed out on beds right now. We had to divert, close down the emergency room last night just to get a little bit of breathing period, which we were down for a few hours and then we re-opened,” said William Young, president and CEO of Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.
He said in recent weeks, the hospital has seen a significant increase in COVID patients and people seeking treatment for other ailments.
“We restricted visitors starting today,” Young said.
Southwest General is the latest hospital in Northeast Ohio taking steps to avoid overwhelming its staff and capacity as the pandemic rages on.
“Last week, we started halting some of the elective in-patient surgery volume that’s gonna require a night or two stay overnight in the hospital,” Young said.
Gosh, better re-activate those hospital ships, right?
More fear mongering by the media/gov. Look at statistics, average between 1980 and 2017 is 66%, in 1975 and 1980 it was 77%. Covid must have been hell in the late 70’s!
Look at NC— the demrat Gov put the state on mandatory mask indoors and outdoors, and curfew at 10 PM for:
as of 12/12/2020:
Inpatient bed occupancy (for anything) 77%
Inpatient bed occupancy for Covid 8.06%
ICU bed occupancy (for anything) 79%
Based on the 95% known false positive PCR test for “covid”.
Lunacy.
The author is an idiot. There’s no doubt there’s a hospital problem due to staff being out sick. Staff is sick because the cases are spiking. Why do some rally around stupid articles like this?
What happened to all other viruses 🦠? Diseases ? Regular cold /flu. ? Pneumonia ?
See the scam now ?
Covid 19 is a communist world takeover plot. Plain and simple
Watch the Davos crowd talk about the GREAT RESET. if you doubt this